Duke Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer has had the opportunity to coach some great players in his three years leading the team. This season, he is best known for coaching three top 10 picks in Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach. However, he coached another player who was drafted, Tyrese Proctor.
While Proctor did not go in the first round like his teammates, he was selected with the 49th pick in the 2025 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. On Tuesday, it was announced that he signed a four-year, $8.69 million deal with the Cavaliers.
Just In: The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed No. 49 overall pick Tyrese Proctor to a four-year, $8.69 million deal, league sources told @hoopshype. The first two seasons are fully guaranteed, third-year significant partial guarantee, and a fourth-year team option. pic.twitter.com/S3Es12DM8r
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Jon Scheyer has been confident in Proctor for years. In March, after an excellent performance in the NCAA tournament, Scheyer spoke about how he thinks an NBA team should take a chance on him.
“You know with Tyrese,” Scheyer said. “You know I took over in April and Tyrese and I had a call May 31 to come a year early and, sorry (Scheyer apologized after starting to get choked up). I think we knew there’d be some rough patches and there were his first year, but he had some big time moments. He came on strong down the stretch and he could’ve made the decision to go pro even after his freshman year.
Scheyer went on to say, “I think he and his family, his mom and dad, they had such maturity to understand it’s more important to be ready than just be drafted, and so he doubles down, comes back, hug expectations. Me and Tyrese would both say his sophomore year didn’t go the way we wanted. I think that’s where it’s easy to split.
“So for this to happen to Tyrese, hitting seven threes and to be our key guy after going through all these moments. Like, if I’m an NBA team, I’m going after him because you have to handle adversity. I think that speaks a lot to his character…”
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Jon Scheyer Got Emotional After Tyrese Proctor’s Performance in the Second Round of March Madness
Jon Scheyer’s prediction that an NBA team would take a chance on Tyrese Proctor came true as he was drafted and signed by the Cleveland Cavaliers. After three years on the Blue Devils, Proctor is moving on to his pro career.
Scheyer got emotional about Proctor after his stellar performance in the second round of March Madness. He made seven 3-point shots and scored 31 points in a 89-66 win over Baylor.
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